8th Grade Math (Math 8) · Chapter 12 · Lesson 12.6 · Printable PDF

Volume of Prisms and Cylinders Worksheet with Answer Key

6 problems on the volume of prisms and cylinders: missing measurements from a base area, a chocolate bar, wooden letters, lip balm tubes, hamster cage bedding, and a glass paperweight with a parallelogram base. 2 pages, with a worked answer key.

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  1. Find the missing measurement of each prism or cylinder:
    prism: B = 12\ \text{m}^2, h = 4.5 m; find Vprism: V = 96\ \text{cm}^3, B = 16\ \text{cm}^2; find hprism: V = 150\ \text{in}^3, h = 6 in; find Bcylinder: r = 3 cm, h = 8 cm; find Vcylinder: d = 12 ft, h = 2.5 ft; find V
  2. Word problem: the volume of Priya's triangular prism chocolate bar.
  3. Word problem: the volume of a wooden letter L cut from a board 3 cm thick.
  4. Word problem: how many lip balm tubes Mei can fill with 1 liter of balm.
  5. Word problem: the amount of bedding to fill Ethan's hamster cage to a depth of 6 cm.
  6. Word problem: the volume of a glass paperweight with parallelogram bases.

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